Windows 2000 Advanced and Datacenter Servers provide integrated Cluster Services to deliver higher levels of service and availability. Microsoft Cluster Services technology monitors the health of standard applications and services, and can automatically recover mission-critical data and applications from many common types of failure. A graphical management console lets administrators monitor the status of all resources in the cluster and move workloads around with simple point-and-click actions. In addition, Windows 2000 Advanced Server integrates middleware and load balancing services designed to enable the even distribution of network traffic across a clustered servers.

Learn more about the capabilities, architecture, and deployment of these features, and find out how Cluster Services and Load Balancing improve reliability and availability in the enterprise.